{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parent-governor-representatives-england-regulations-2001/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parent-governor-representatives-england-regulations-2001/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/478",
  "legislation_title": "The Parent Governor Representatives (England) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parent-governor-representatives-england-regulations-2001",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Qualifications for election as a parent governor representative",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (4), a person shall, unless disqualified under any enactment, be qualified to be elected as a parent governor representative in an election held by a local education authority if on the date of the election—\n(a) he is a parent governor at a maintained school which is maintained by the local education authority;\n(b) he is the parent of a registered pupil who is educated at a maintained school which is maintained by the local education authority, or who is educated by the authority otherwise than at a school;\n(c) where the vacancy is for a parent governor representative to represent a particular type of school, he is a parent governor at that type of school, and\n(d) where the vacancy is for a parent governor representative to represent maintained schools in a particular area, he is a parent governor of a school in that area.\n(2) A person who is already a member of a local authority shall be disqualified from being elected as a parent governor representative.\n(3) A person who is a teacher at, or is otherwise employed in, a school maintained by the local education authority shall be disqualified from being elected as a parent governor representative.\n(4) A person who is employed by the local authority, shall be disqualified from being elected as a parent governor representative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/478/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:02:01.164626+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}